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THOMAS B. McOAUGI-IAN, OF MOSCOW, TENNESSEE.

Letters Patent No. 76,488, dated April 7, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT IN LEAD AND SLATE-PENGIL CASE.

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Be it known that I, THOMAS B. MGCAUGHAN, of Moscow, in the county of Fayette, and State of Tennessee, have invented a new and'irnproved Lead'andSlatPencil Case; and I do hereby declare that-the following is a. full, clear, and exact description thereoi", which will enable. those skilled in the art to make and use the same,

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This invention relates to a' neiv and improved case for lead and slate-pencils; and it consists in having a rod attached to a slidingnband onu-the ease, andV arranged soins to work Within a conical or taperferrule, placed on the end of the case, and admit of .being shoved or pressed against the lead or slate of which the pencil is composed,`so as to hold the latter rnily in position when adjusted for use. VIn the nccompnnyngsheet ot drawingsl v Figure is asiderview of rny invention, partly in section. Figure 2, an enlarged longitudinal'section of the pointedor taper end ofthe same. Similar letters of reference indicate` corresponding parts.

A represents thc case of the pencil, which may be constructed of. wood, metal, or other suitable material. This case is tubular, so as to receive the pencil B,.w'nich may be slate or black'lead, (plumbago,) as required. The pencil is allowed to slide iTreely within Athe case, and the open end of the latterv is attenuated nearly to a point, and has a metalferrule, C, iitted'upon it. On the calseA there'is placed a sliding band, D, having arod, E, attached, which, when the sliding band YD is shoved towards the conical' end of the case, passes 4within the ferrule C; and binds or presses against'thc pencil B, holding it firmly in position,`with its end or point a greater or less distance outfrom the case, as desired. When the pencil is not required for use, the sliding lband D is shoved or drawn back, so as to release the pencil, and admit ofthe latter being shoved entirely within" the case A.

The invention is extremely simple, may be manufactured at a small cost, and will answerI equally as good a purpose as the comparatively expensive arrangement of screws, noiv generally'used -for adjusting thepencil.

I claim as non', and desire to secure by Letters Patent-u l The combination of the case A, ferrulc C, and rod E, attached to the sliding band D, all arranged suhstantially as and for tliepurpose specified.

1 THOS. B. MCCAUGHAN.

Witnesses:

CnAs. A. MCCAUGHAN, R. B. STOVER. 

